Iron cord holder



y 0, 1950 E. H. BLATTNER 2,509,473

IRON CORD HOLDER Filed Aug. 20,

Bnmantor Emil H318 E'Z'zzel" Patented May 30, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IRON CORD HOLDER Emil H. Blattner, Rochester, N. Y.

Application August 20, 1945, Serial No. 611,461

This invention pertains to an iron cord holder and particularly to a pivotal type thereof.

An object of the invention is the provision of an improved and simplified iron cord holder capable of efiectively maintaining an iron cord in a position elevated from an ironing board.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an iron cord holder capable of supporting constantly an iron cord in a position elevated from an ironing boardwhile an iron is in use without developing or causing any sharp or injurious breaks in the iron cord.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an iron cord holder arranged to be urged resiliently away from the iron and being further arranged, at the option of the user, to be locked in a fixed position when the iron is not in use.

l The above and numerous other objects will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains when the fol lowing description of an exemplified form of the invention is considered, together with the accompanying drawing wherein:

I Figure l is a partial side elevational view of an ironing board having a form of the invention attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a partial plan view of the arrangement shown in Figure 1.

- Figure 3 is an enlarged elevational view taken along the lines 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of thearrows.

A Figure 4 is an enlarged elevational'view taken along the lines 4-4 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken along the lines 5-5 of Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is an enlarged view taken along the lines 6-6 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure '7 is a sectional view taken along the lines 'l-l of Figure 6, looking in the direction of the arrows. Referring now indetail to the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate like parts, the numeral I is employed to designate, ina somewhat general manner, an ironing board, "commonly used as a domestic appliance upon which linens or the like are placed during an ironing operation. A typical electric hand operated or manoeuvred iron is indicatedat 2, and'jthe ref erence character 3 designates a usual insulated cord employed to carry electrical energy from a plug 4 to the electric iron. As an electric iron 3 Claims. (Cl. 24851) is moved to and fro during an ironing operation the cord, if not otherwise accounted for, is drawn across the object being ironed and, as is commonly known, at times rufiles the object. Further, it is not uncommon for an iron cord to be soiled and thus if such a cord is permitted to come into contact with the object being ironed the object also may become soiled. To eliminate all these above mentioned undesirable conditions there has been provided an iron cord carrier, holder or support 5, the general arrangement of which is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings with enlarged views shown in Figures 3 through '7 to more clearly illustrate the details of construction and the arrangement of components.

The iron cord holder comprises a clamp or anchor 6 preferably of cast form and being desirably removably secured to the ironing board at a far or distant edge thereof so as to be out of contact or at least interference with objects to be ironed. The anchor or clamp is formed by a substantially U-shaped clip or open housing I made up of a base plate 8 arranged to bear or rest upon the ironing board. Two transversely spaced side walls 9 rise from the lateral edges of the base plate and extend in parallel relation longitudinally of the ironing board. The side walls are joined along their rear vertical edges by a rear wall I0 which also merges with the base plate to form an integral part thereof. Spaced an appreciable distance below the clip is a horizontal arm I l arranged transversely of the ironing board and underlying it a predetermined distance to present suflicient clearance between the clip and arm for theintroduction therebetween of the ironing board and itsusual pad or cover. The arm is joined to the base plate of the clip by a wall [2 with a reinforcing rib I3 starting at an upper extremity of one of the side walls to extend downwardly therefrom along that particular side wall, the wall 12 and terminating along the horizontalarm. The free extremity of the horizontal arm is formed as a tapped hub l4 through which there extends a rotatable element or thumb screw or winged bolt I5 with the latter being arranged to be manipulated so as to removably secure or bind the clamp or anchor to the ironing board.

Associated with the anchor is a standard, rod or extension l6 which may be formed of metal but preferably is made of wood because of its inexpensiveness and since wood contains qualities of lightness and non-conductivity. What might be considered alower extremity 11 of the standard is positioned within and formed to be neatly accommodated by the housing. The lower extremity of the standard is provided with a locked-in ferrule or metallic bushing 18, with this bushing being disposed in horizontal alignment with openings [9 in the side walls of the clip. Extending through the bushing and aligned openings is a pintle or pin 29 threadedly interlocked with one of the side walls to prevent an unwarranted displacement thereof and functioning as an axle about which the standard is arranged to pivot or as a pivotal connection between the rod and clamp. The lower extremity of. the standard is bifurcated as at 2| and wound about the ferrule within the standard bifurcated? end is a plurality of helices of a coiled torsion spring 22. The coil spring, anchored to the bushing, has one end thereof terminating in anarm 23 which acts against the clip base plate while the other end of the spring is angularly disposed as at 2a to act against the standard. By reason of this compact and novel arrangement the standa-rd is at all times urged in a clockwise direction when viewing the showing in Figure 1, thereby drawing the iron cord in the same direction. When the standard reaches a predetermined extreme position, as illustrated by diagrammatic lines in Figure 1 of the drawing, this rotary movement of the standard is arrested by the latter becoming rested against the rear wall of the clip.

Spaced a given or optional distance along the standard from the bifurcated end is an eyelet 25 through which the iron cord is threaded to keep this end of the cord in assembled relation with the standard. From the eyelet'the iron cordis strung along the standard toward the upper or free extremity 26' thereof. This extremity 26 of the standard is formed as an arcuate, circular, preferably fan-shaped terminal 21 which grooved as at 28 in alignment with the iron cord so as to form a cradle. The iron cord rests within the groove and thus is held in a, fixed position or prevented from becoming disengaged from the standard. In order to prevent the iron cord from creeping as well as assist in fixing the latter to the standard, there is provided a pair of bores 29 and into these bores are threaded legs 39 of U-shaped bracket or retaining means 31. The intermediate portion of the retaining means is provided with a preferably rubber or rubberized nipple 32 which bears upon or contacts the iron cord and the free ends of the legs are subsequently bent over as at 33 to lock the retaining means and standards together. By forming thefree extremity of the standard with the arcuate portion it will be appreciated that the iron cord will roll over the top of the standard and thus kinks, iniurious bends or sharp breaks cannot be formed in the iron cord at this juncture.

At times it may be desirous of folding the ironing board for storage in a cupboard or closet and to avoid the necessity of disconnecting the iron cord holder from the ironing board there is provided a hole or aperture 34 in both or one of the housing side walls. This hole is in normal misalignment with an aperture 35 in the standard. The apertures 34 and 35 are disposed on a commen are about the pintle so that by rotating the standard in a counterclockwise direction until it is parallel or substantially parallel with the ironing board the apertures 34 and 35 will come into alignment and by inserting any suitable pin or locking means (not shown) in the aligned apertures the standard will be maintained folded down along the ironing board to facilitate storing of the latter.

From the above it will be noted that various changes and alterations may be made to the illustrated and described construction without departing from within the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In an iron cord holder, the combination of, a clamparranged for mounting along an edge of an ironing board and having an open housing, a standard having one end thereof bifurcated and positioned in said housing, pin means extending throughsaid housing and bifurcated end for pivotally. connecting said standard to said clamp, and a torsion spring journaled on said pin means Within. saidbifurcated end; said torsion spring having one extremity thereof acting against said housing and another extremity acting against said standard for urging the latter in one direction-about said pin-means.

2. In' an iron cord holder, the combination of,

a clamp arranged for mountingalong an edge of an ironing board, a housing formed in said maintain said standard in a fixed position subclamp; a standard arranged to movably carry said cord in a position elevated from said ironin board, a bifurcated end formed. in said standard and being positioned in said housing, pin means ,pivotall-y connecting said standard to said housing, springmeans extending around said pin, means and arranged tourge-said standard. in one;

direction, and apertures in said standard, and housing for the reception of holding means to stantially parallelv to said ironing board.

3. In an iron cord holder, the combination of, a clamp arranged for mounting along an edge of an ironing board, a U-shaped clip formed in saidv clamp, a standard arranged to movably carry said cord, a rounded end on said standard for: pre,-'

venting a sharp break in. said cord'as it leaves. the standard, another end on said standard being positioned in said u shaped clip, pin means extending transversely of. said ironing board andthrough said last mentioned end and U-shaped clip for pivotally connecting, said standard to said clamp, and spring means within said U-shaped clip acting against said clip and standard for urging the latter in one direction, and normally misaligned apertures in said clip and housing; said apertures being arranged to be aligned for the reception of holding means for holding said stand ard' substantially parallel tosaid ironing board.

EMIL H. BLATTNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 884,105 Ryerson et a1 Apr. 7, 1908 1,157,418 Polson et a1 'Oct. 19, 1915' 1,590,421 Cofiman June 29, 1926 2,027,085 Brashears Jan. 7, 1936 2,052,488 Pierce Aug. 25, 1936 2,253,462 Mulder Aug. 19, 1941 2,396,676 Browning Mar. 19, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS Numher Country Date 352,844 Germany May 5, 1922 446,948 Great Britain May 8. 1936 

